“Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.”

“Step inside, we ve been expecting you! At long-last, Arrow Video is proud to present the first two installments of hit horror franchise House on Blu-ray for the first time!

In the original House, William Katt (Carrie) stars as Roger Cobb, a horror novelist struggling to pen his next bestseller. When he inherits his aunt s creaky old mansion, Roger decides that he s found the ideal place in which to get some writing done. Unfortunately, the house s monstrous supernatural residents have other ideas…

Meanwhile, House II: The Second Story sees young Jesse (Arye Gross) moving into an old family mansion where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. Plans for turning the place into a party pad are soon thwarted by the appearance of Jesse s mummified great-great-grandfather, his mystical crystal skull and the zombie cowboy who ll stop at nothing to lay his hands on it!

From the team that brought you Friday the 13th, House and House II are era-defining horror classics now newly restored and loaded with brand new extras!

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

Brand new 2K restorations of House and House II: The Second Story

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

The House Companion limited edition 60-page book featuring new writing on the entire House franchise by researcher Simon Barber, alongside a wealth of archive material

“From the producer of Oculus and The Strangers comes The Bye Bye Man. When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there is only one way to avoid his curse: don’t think it, don’t say it. But once the Bye Bye Man gets inside your head, he takes control, making you see and do the most unspeakable acts committed by man. Is there a way to survive his possession? Starring Douglas Smith (Ouija) and Carrie Anne-Moss (The Matrix), see the chilling thriller that critics are calling “a paranormal thrill ride that will echo in your nightmares” (Elizabeth Rayne, Den Of Geek).”

A once-in-a-lifetime cast rocks the silver screen in director Gil Bettman’s masterpiece of cult cinema, Never Too Young To Die.

When a top secret agent (George Lazenby, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) is murdered, his estranged gymnast son Lance Stargrove (John Stamos, Full House) teams up with his dad’s seductive and deadly associate, Danja Deering (Vanity, The Last Dragon) to face his father’s killer… the fiendish mastermind Velvet Von Ragner (Gene Simmons, the fiendish mastermind behind Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee KISS.) The hermaphroditic heel is hell-bent on a scheme to poison the city’s water supply: and it’s up to Stargrove to crush Velvet once and for all!

Never Too Young To Die also features Peter Kwong (Big Trouble In Little China), Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street, duh), and enough leather-clad, mohawked henchmen to fill a dozen Road Warrior knock-offs. You think you’ve seen it all? It’s never too late to see Never Too Young To Die!”

“In 1980s Germany, horror film censorship was a huge problem. The government rarely let classic horror films pass without severe cuts when they were released on home video. To combat this unfortunate situation many German horror fans scraped together a few bucks, rented video cameras & created their own ultra-violent, gory, splatter films. Arguably the most famous of these micro-budget German gorefests are the VIOLENT SHIT films from director Andreas Schnaas. Shot on standard definition video cameras, these films are a sight to behold. Although they are amateurishly made, choppily edited & loaded with ridiculous low-budget gore, these films have an undeniably offensive charm that has kept horror fans entertained for over 25 years!

Synapse is proud to present the original VIOLENT SHIT trilogy, along with 2010’s VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE on DVD for the first time in North America, now completely remastered by the original owners. Includes the crazy English language dub version of ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE on a Bonus DVD with liner notes & additional VIOLENT SHIT 4.0 Bonus Features.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The first three VIOLENT SHIT films, remastered by the original owners, plus VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE

Liner notes from Ted Geoghegan (Screenwriter of NIKOS THE IMPALER, & Writer/Director of WE ARE STILL HERE)

Special BONUS DVD, including the English dub version of ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE & VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE

Trailers

VIOLENT SHIT The legend of K. the Butcher Shitter is born in this German DIY video roughie, shot on the low-fi Video-8 format. A demented killer escapes the police & leaves a trail of blood & gore in his wake. Newly re-mastered by the film’s original producer.
Anamorphic (1.78:1) Widescreen – Dolby Digital German 2.0 Stereo – Subtitles: English (Optional) 73 Mins.

VIOLENT SHIT II: MOTHER HOLD MY HAND
Set twenty years after the original film, Karl the Butcher Jr. continues his late father’s legacy. After receiving a machete as a birthday gift from his mother, Karl Jr. turns into a maniacal killer slashing, chopping, shooting & disemboweling his way through the German countryside. Newly re-mastered by the film’s original producer. Anamorphic (2.35:1) Widescreen – Dolby Digital German 2.0 Stereo – Subtitles: English (Optional) 74 Mins.

VIOLENT SHIT III: INFANTRY OF DOOM (aka ZOMBIE DOOM)
A group of friends get lost at sea & land on a remote island, but they are not alone! Captured by Karl the Butcher Jr. & his father, these men are subjected to a sadistic version of The Most Dangerous Game brought on by the Butcher Shitters and their army of metal-masked killers! Newly re-mastered by the film’s original producer.
Anamorphic (2.35:1) Widescreen – Dolby Digital German 2.0 Stereo – Subtitles: English (Optional) – 79 Mins.

VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE
The year is 2023, & the world has become a desolate wasteland with gangs taking over the streets. Karl the Butcher Jr. returns from the bowels of Hell, on a mission to kill a new mass murderer named Axe. Original English Language Version.
Anamorphic (1.78:1) Widescreen – Dolby Digital English 2.0 Stereo – 78 Mins.

BONUS FEATURE: ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE
Shot for a reported $2000 between the filming of VIOLENT SHIT 1 & 2, ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE follows two bumbling doctors as they investigate a zombie outbreak. After a military plane crash releases strange chemicals into the German countryside, the dead rise to attack the living! Can they be stopped? Transferred from an original PAL 1” master given to us by Cinematographer Steve Aquilina.
Full-Frame (1.33:1) – Dolby Digital English 2.0 Stereo – 76 Mins. ”

“Forget what you’ve seen in blurry bootlegs and cruddy budget packs.
This first-ever restoration of the depraved Canadian shocker is being hailed as the genre re-discovery of the year: In 1947, a young girl is roasted alive in a car accident. Thirty years later, her grown brother returns to their childhood home with his mentally unstable wife and sweet daughter Cathy. But when the dead aunt’s vengeful spirit possesses the child, it will unleash an unnerving nightmare of creepy mediums, demonic dolls, and plenty of sick 70s foul-mouthed moppet mayhem.

Experience one of the strangest EXORCIST/OMEN/CARRIE-inspired grindhouse hits like never before, now transferred in 2k from recently-found film elements and featuring revealing new Extras with long-lost star Randi Allen and producer/director/co-writer Eddy Matalon.

“In this beautifully shot wuxia epic, a powerful swordsman is haunted by the destructive impact his deadly talents have on others. Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, he banishes himself to the humble life a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his murderous past refuses to let him go quietly. The master swordsman must regain the ability to wield his sword and fight those disrupting the peace he so desperately craves.
Director Derek Yee joins forces with producer Tsui Hark to bring this classic story of a master swordsman to life.

“Beginning with an explosive, six-minute montage of sex, drugs and violence, and ending with a phallus-headed battle robot taking flight, Takashi Miike’s unforgettable Dead or Alive Trilogy features many of the director’s most outrageous moments set alongside some of his most dramatically moving scenes. Made between 1999 and 2002, the Dead or Alive films cemented Miike’s reputation overseas as one of the most provocative enfants terrible of Japanese cinema, yet also one of its most talented and innovative filmmakers.

In Dead or Alive, tough gangster Ryuichi (Riki Takeuchi) and his ethnically Chinese gang make a play to take over the drug trade in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district by massacring the competition. But he meets his match in detective Jojima (Show Aikawa), who will do everything to stop them. Dead or Alive 2: Birds casts Aikawa and Takeuchi together again, but as new characters, a pair of rival yakuza assassins who turn out to be childhood friends; after a botched hit, they flee together to the island where they grew up, and decide to devote their deadly skills to a more humanitarian cause. And in Dead or Alive: Final, Takeuchi and Aikawa are catapulted into a future Yokohama ruled by multilingual gangs and cyborg soldiers, where they once again butt heads in the action-packed and cyberpunk-tinged finale to the trilogy.

Each of them unique in theme and tone, the Dead or Alive films showcase Miike at the peak of his strengths, creating three very distinct movies connected only by their two popular main actors, each film a separate yet superb example of crime drama, character study, and action filmmaking.

After surviving a brutal and devastating assault, Linda Rodgers is institutionalized in order to deal with her intense trauma. By the time she is finally released, her attackers have been brought to justice and imprisoned…but the psychological scars remain.

Tormented by visions of her attackers, and mistreated by her philandering husband, Linda is pushed over the edge when she encounters four young men whom she confuses with the men who assaulted her. Consumed with madness, Linda attempts to enact a bloody retribution for the disgusting crimes committed upon her… and no one is safe in this shocking 1980 exploitation film in the tradition of I Spit On Your Grave.”

“The patients are sick… but the doctor is a real sicko! When a small-town physician (John Beal) accidentally swallows experimental bat serum pills, he’s soon up to his Hippocratic Oath in blood-thirsty desire! Transformed into an undead fiend, the doctor finds himself sucked into a dark and sinister world: where he must save patients by day… and suck their blood by night!”

“Infinite Evil….The town of Leffert’s Corners has been plagued by unearthly beings for decades, and now there is only a few people left, including the local priest and a woman traumatised by the death of her sister. But when John Martense turns up to claim his illicit family fortune, with bad guys in pursuit, the last stand had become a lot more complicated….What everyone is not aware of are the humanoid creatures lurking underneath the holy grounds! Based on the writings of H P Lovecraft. Bonus features include: Full Moon Trailers, Original Full Moon Features making-of Lurking Fear Videozone segment, Deleted Scenes Reel, Audio Commentary with director C. Courtney Joyner”

““It fits right in with THINGS and SLEDGEHAMMER”, raves Outpost-Zeta.com. “DREAM STALKER is something special!” When a Sacramento supermodel is haunted by the super-mulleted corpse of her dead motocross-racer boyfriend, it will unleash an erratically ambitious nightmare of cheap lighting, bad sound, bizarre plotting, gratuitous nudity and grisly effects that Bleeding Skull says is “guaranteed to make you feel like you’re trapped in a lo-fi psychedelic abyss of fun!”

“Fear Town, USA: On St. Blevins Day (the most debauched of regional holidays), four boys looking to lose their virginity, a girl haunted by a dark secret, a lonely teenager, and an escaped mental patient all meet at a party in the woods. They were looking for fun but what they found… was incredible terror!

The Slashening: Best friends Lucy, Eva, Ashley, Beth and Margot throw a slumber party…..BUT MURDER NEVER SLUMBERS!!!!!
It’s a timeless tale of friendship, betrayal and madness.

“After investigating inside a neighbors attic, two high school friends, known for making prank videos, are increasingly plagued by a series of disturbing, supernatural events involving a creepy, vintage doll named Heidi – but no one will take their claims seriously, until it is too late.”

“Beautiful women living in a small Polish town are being found butchered in unspeakably grotesque ways. As the police desperately search for clues which could lead to the identity of this misogynistic masked assailant, suspicion begins to mount against the strange younger brother of one of the officers, who had been previously confined to an asylum. Will this fiendish killer be unmasked before his bloodthirsty appetite needs to be satisfied once again?

Massacre Video presents Polish cult director, Roman Nowicki’s gore fest, Fantom Killer (previously released as “Fantom Kiler” in the United Kingdom) completely uncut and in a newly created widescreen master!

“The year is 1984. Researchers at the secretive Bentan Labs are celebrating the completion of their latest secret weapon project: a previously unknown type of mildew, capable of spreading and consuming any kind of vegetation, which makes it ideal for attacking stockpiles of enemy food. When a corporate sponsor is accidentally infected, the mildew’s spores are set loose across the facility. As aggressive soldiers flood the complex and the infected staff begins to mutate, the survivors come to realize that the mildew is, in fact, an alien creature! To avoid agonizing deaths, the remaining scientists must join forces with Toxic – a mysterious mercenary who has infiltrated the building on a covert mission. Can anyone escape the clutches of the out-of-control fungus and the army of crazed mutants it has created? Alien mutations, dissolving flesh, action, and gore await you if you dare!

“In the small town of Fillmore, tucked away on a dirt road, is an old deserted farmhouse. Built in 1890, the house was the subject of a major land dispute between Native Americans, who claimed it was rightfully their land and the site of an ancient burial ground, and the Samuels. Legend has it, on what would have been their 21st day of living in the house, a preacher had gone to check in on the Samuels only to discover all their belongings left behind, as if the family had stepped out for just a moment, ready to return at any time – but they never did. Over the next 124 years, only two other families attempted to live in the house. Both left less than 21 days after moving in, leaving behind everything, never to speak of it again. Ever since, the house has lay vacant, until three filmmakers attempt to film the supernatural phenomena, but nothing prepared them for what they would find. There are some places so dark, so evil, where no human- no living thing- should dwell.”

“Three weeks after Claire’s husband has mysteriously disappeared, the police have ended their investigation and her son is beginning to grieve. The only person who hasn’t given up is Claire. Soon she discovers his troubling secrets, including an alluring-yet-manipulative graduate student with whom he had formed a close bond. As she digs deeper, Claire begins to lose her grip on how well she truly knew her husband, and questions her own identity in the process. Claire In Motion twists the missing person thriller into an emotional take on uncertainty and loss.”

“Three weeks after Claire’s husband has mysteriously disappeared, the police have ended their investigation and her son is beginning to grieve. The only person who hasn’t given up is Claire. Soon she discovers his troubling secrets, including an alluring-yet-manipulative graduate student with whom he had formed a close bond. As she digs deeper, Claire begins to lose her grip on how well she truly knew her husband, and questions her own identity in the process. Claire In Motion twists the missing person thriller into an emotional take on uncertainty and loss.”

“For those who like their horror hard baked and balls to the wall, this collection will keep you glued to the screeny. From serial killers to super psychos posing as doctors, watch them prey on unsuspecting victims in this must have edition of Horror Factory! Contains the films “A Dark Place Inside” and “The Experiment.””

“Kate, a young widow who is heavily medicated, moves into an old house on Lake Erie to recover from her husband’s sudden and traumatic death. The lake house has not been lived in for over 40 years and it is exactly how it was left it in 1969. From the moment Kate moves into the house, she is soon haunted by a dark presence. Is any of this real or are her medications making her hallucinate?”

“In the near future, powerful corporations at war with each other over advanced technology development rule over an industrial wasteland. Corporate espionage has reached new heights of infiltration and bloodshed. A convict is offered a second chance at freedom, but there is a catch: he must help a team of corporate thieves steal secret prototype technology from a rival company. With a surgically-implanted camera and data links, he joins the team of thieves to complete the heist. However, the mission is quickly compromised. With no contact to their company, the team is forced to take their stolen prize out in to the lawless industrial sprawl. Savage gangs and corporate death squads are hot on their trail, and even worse, the team must come to grips with the nature of their mission…and the terrifying power of their stolen technology.”

“After rescuing victims from the lair of a psychopathic professor who created a flesh chomping zombie virus, Pervo the Clown experienced his 15 minutes of fame. But those 15 minutes are long gone and his star is fading. He’s desperately trying to get back into the public eye and thinks his luck is turning after a chance encounter with a mystery millionaire. Invited to the hottest party in town at the millionaire s extravagant mansion, the party rages on until Pervo sees signs that the zombie virus still exists. Pervo and a few friends are now forced to deal with an insane female zombie riot…just like the good old days!”

“After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It’s not long before Sarah begins to experience supernatural phenomena of a violent and hostile nature. Bewildered and desperate, Richard enlists the aid of a paranormal investigator who confirms that Sarah has become possessed by a powerful demon. Together, the three men will go to battle to save Sarah’s soul.”

“The recently deceased rise, feasting upon the living as a zombie outbreak spreads across the globe. In Central New York, a small Marine patrol, led by Seargent Ritter, tries to keep order. But while battling the living dead they are also faced with roving gangs going unchecked and entire military units defecting. Amid the chaos, a drug lord named Ray sees an opportunity to rule the new world rising, and he is sabotaging rescue centers and military bases to help further break down the Government’s attempts to restore order.”

“With an all-star cast of horror, b-horror, and punk icons Steve Ignorant from CRASS, Nick Cash from 999, Steve Lake from Zounds, Mensi from Angelic Upstarts, Paul Russo from The Unseen, Tony Moran (Michael Myers in the original “Halloween”), Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon (Tromeo and Juliet, #1 Scream Queen of the 90s). The Ungovernable Force brings you to a world of sex, violence, punk, and schlock and doesn’t let you leave! A bunch of punks team up with the local community of bums to defeat a fascist sheriff and his two deputies, all while the resistance’s de facto leader Sal Purgatory deals with the trials and tribulations of being a twenty-something year old punk: heartbreak, chronic nightmares, carnivorous bums, rapist cops, unpredictable reactions to drug cocktails, mutants, and working at a sex shop. Sex, violence, and taboo are pitted up against political correctness in this exploitation film that criticizes fascism, police brutality, sexism, classism, racism, homophobia, and, of course, political correctness itself. The Ungovernable Force flips the bird to the status quo and lets the blood-soaked chips fall where they may! Soundtrack features Flux of Pink Indians, Paranoid Visions, The Kids, Raxola, Who Killed Spikey Jacket, Eskorbuto, and more”

“It’s a Mondo-movie Double Feature DVD! In the tradition of Faces of Death, JOURNEY INTO THE BEYOND (one of the rarest and wildest MONDO movies ever made!) presents Exorcism, Psychic Surgery, Witchcraft, and the exploration of Death in all its diverse forms. Not for the faint of heart! Narrated by horror icon John Carradine (House of Dracula). The bonus second feature, MONDO BALORDO (aka ”A Fool’s World”), presents Boris Karloff, the King of Horror, as he explores the strange bizarre world of love rituals around the globe. Both films are presented in beautiful 1.66 widescreen and color from 35mm film elements.”

“A young gangster forced into trafficking girls goes into hiding when a deal goes wrong but when the girl unleashes her supernatural curse he must decide between his love for her or running for his life.”

“A cult of revolutionaries plot to murder the president of an pharmaceutical corporation, who are on the verge of releasing a controversial new super street drug to the public, one that alters all five human senses and turns its users inside out. Meanwhile, a mother hunts through the drug’s underworld searching for her addicted daughter, and comes face to face with the group’s murderous plans.”

“The most extreme immersive horror experience in America is called Blackout. Not for the faint of heart, it is a terrifying, psycho-sexual thrill-ride designed to play on our deepest psychological fears. Rich Fox’s innovative horror documentary follows a group of friends whose experience with Blackout becomes deeply personal, developing into an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy. Revealing an underbelly of private rituals and personal nightmares with footage that is 100% real, “The Blackout Experiments” is the story of our obsession with the darkness inside us. “The Blackout Experiments” premiered at Sundance 2016.”